Nation: THE MY LAI MASSACRE

IT passed without notice when it occurred in mid-March 1968, at a time
when the war news was still dominated by the siege of Khe Sanh. Yet the
brief action at My Lai, a hamlet in Viet Cong-infested territory 335
miles northeast of Saigon, may yet have an impact on the war. According
to accounts that suddenly appeared on TV and in the world press last
week, a company of 60 or 70 U.S. infantrymen had entered My Lai early
one morning and destroyed its houses, its livestock and all the
inhabitants that they...